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EPA team spills million gallons of waste water into Colorado rivers

(Reuters) – A team of U.S. regulators probing contamination at a Colorado gold mine accidentally released a million gallons (3.8 million liters) of orange-hued waste water containing sediment and metals into a local river system, the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday. The waste water that had been held behind a barrier near the abandoned Gold King Mine spilled on Wednesday into Cement Creek, which flows into the Animas River

Exclusive: Witkoff in the lead to buy the New York Daily News – sources

Real estate tycoon Steven Witkoff is in the lead to acquire the New York Daily News, prevailing over other high-profile bidders in an auction for the struggling tabloid newspaper, according to people familiar with the matter. Witkoff is in negotiations with the newspaper’s owner, media and property mogul Mort Zuckerman, about a deal that remains far from certain given the New York Daily News’ declining readership and growing liabilities, the